On 1/27/06, Pascal Bleser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm starting a new thread, sorry, but the original one has been hijacked > several times and mutated > into something unreadable.
That's nothing, wait until we get that <web forum>-<NNTP->-<Kitchen sink>-<mailing list> thing happening... > 3. Do we create a new forum or do we elect one of the existing > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A third party forum would not make any sense, and Houghi covered many good points. Big one is login, especially if languages are split across different external forums. How long for Novell legal to clear and make contractual arrangements for each language forum, across various jurisdictions? As I am sure they would want if there was a hint of them being "official". To use Houghi's analogy of neighbours. If I tell everybody that my family is getting a pool, and when they come over I have actually put a gate in my fence to my neigbours pool. I may have lower costs, but I have no control how big, clean , warm it is, unless I enter into agreements that only last until the owner changes. Sure my neighbour might be upset when I build a bigger and better pool and all his friends come and play in mine, but he can come too :-) > 4. Internationalized forums ? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lets do it the wiki way, we get the English forum and then wait 6 months for the other languages....ouch....(no offense, it is just my dry sense of humour). The answer is of course yes, you wouldn't be able to stop it anyway, just look at the wiki. Even if it was just forums within forum.opensuse.org, like gentoo do it. > 5. Wait for and use Novell's proprietary forums ? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I think everyone agreed to a clear "NO" on this one, doesn't need to be > discussed further. Yes, we are collectively very patient, but there are limits. > 2) using proprietary forum software doesn't really make sense, but let's not > discuss this item right What if proprietary software was the best solution? Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin.
